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...problems with Liebermen's performance. The first was her partial disregard of the intricate lyrics of Kushnick's songs. Kushnick attaches a great deal of importance to the words of his compositions; they deserve similar consideration from the performer. Another source of annoyance was an emotional self-indulgence and slight preoccupation with exhibiting "sensitivity" during the remarks between songs. Yet through all this, the music and its energy prevailed...
...Crimson women of Radcliffe's number two boat, the number one boat on Saturday due to the varsity's absence, may have been at a slight disadvantage because they were racing in a Boston University shell...
...listen to members of the audience, the outcome was a toss-up, with a slight edge going to Dershowitz, perhaps because of the political persuasions of the audience...
Hohenzollern Prince. In The Mystery of B. Traven (128 pages; William Kaufmann; $6.95), American Journalist Judy Stone tells of a series of interviews with Hal Groves, wangled in the years just before his death. "Forget the man!" he demanded, speaking with a slight German accent. "What does it matter if he is the son of a Hohenzollern prince or anyone else? Write about his works. Write how he is against anything which is forced upon human beings, including Communism or Bolshevism." Hiding behind age and deafness, he stopped just short of admitting that he was Traven, Torsvan or Marut. Deference...
...along. Since most of them had worked as domestic or blue-collar workers and had little knowledge of poetry, Koch started with the same introductory techniques that he had tried in the children's classroom. He de-emphasized rhyme and meter, encouraged repetition of words and phrases ("a slight artificiality to teach them to put things together in a new way," says Koch). He always suggested themes, like growing old or silence or the color green. Assisted by Kate Farrell, a young poet and student at Columbia, Koch had each of the dictated poems transcribed. Each...